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The Past and Present of Carbon Fiber Materials
When it comes to the word "carbon," many people first think of coal. In fact, carbon materials are a large family, including carbon nanotubes, graphite, and even priceless diamonds. With the development of technology, carbon fiber has gradually entered our lives, used in industrial manufacturing, sporting goods, and other industries. How did it get to where it is today? Let's explore the history of carbon fiber materials.
The initial use of carbon fiber is related to Edison. At first, Edison did not use tungsten wire as the filament material but used carbon fiber. After tungsten wire was invented, carbon fiber temporarily withdrew from the historical stage. In the 1950s, the US Air Force searched for high-performance materials to manufacture aircraft. After various studies, they found that carbon fiber had better performance. In 1959, the world's first viscose-based carbon fiber was born. In the same year, Japanese scholar Akio Kondo invented carbon fiber using polyacrylonitrile. In 1965, another Japanese, Suguro Otani, invented pitch-based carbon fiber. China's research on carbon fiber also began in the 1960s, with the first carbon fiber production line established in the 1970s and carbon fiber used in aircraft in the 1980s.
Entering the 21st century, the carbon fiber industry has developed rapidly. Several well-known foreign carbon fiber companies have continuously developed products with better performance, such as Toray and Toho in Japan, and Cytec and Hexcel in the United States. China has also abandoned the original nitric acid method for raw fiber technology and adopted new methods. Carbon fiber has penetrated into various industries, becoming a fashionable term, and a carbon fiber boom has emerged.
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